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8th Grade World History SGO REVIEW-MAPPS
8th Grade World History SGO REVIEW-MAPPS
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Pre/Post assessment for 8th graders
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1
The reason why all Africans share some common traditions
Bantu migrations
feudalism
anthropologists
infinity
2
The Greek peninsula is
often flooded
mountainous and dry
fertile
flat
3
The Greeks wanted their art to reflect their ideals of
balance, reason, and moderation
utility and friendliness
peace and happiness
wealth and power
4
Twenty-five thousand years ago, humans moved in which direction across Asia?
southeast
south
west
northeast
5
Hammurabi's ideas for his legal code came from
long sea voyages
the laws of the lands he conquered
taking dictation on Mt. Sinai
trips to the desert
6
Government in which citizens vote to elect leaders
dynasty
constitution
feudalism
republic
7
Wedge-shaped Sumerian writing
dynasty
feudalism
rule of law
cuneiform
8
Who was the Israelite king known for his wise sayings, or proverbs?
Tutankhamen
Sargon
Nebuchadnezzar
Solomon
9
Using artificial means of bringing water to crops is called
irrigation
initiation
adulation
inflation
10
The Jews who lived scattered around outside of Judah are called the
Diaspora
plethora
menorah
aurora
11
Concept explained by Indian mathematicians
anthropologists
republic
Infinity
Dynasty
12
A system based on a shift of power from kings to nobles
rule of law
cuneiform
constitution
feudalism
13
The Egyptians believed that the pharaoh was the son of
Osiris
Isis
Re
Bel
14
People who study how humans developed and how they relate to each other
anthropologists
feudalism
Bantu migrations
Stone Age
15
A family of rulers who pass power down through the family
Bantu migrations
cuneiform
dynasty
republic
16
Life in ancient Egypt depended heavily on the
balance of trade
fish harvest
good will of the pharaoh
Nile River
17
Sumerian women had the rights to buy and sell property and
write wills
run businesses
go to school
become rulers
18
The __________ separate India from the rest of Asia
Himalaya
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
monsoons
castes
19
The first humans were
scribes
hunter-gatherers
artisans
farmers
20
A place where tombs for the pharaohs were cut into the rock walls
Valley of the Sun
Valley of the Spirits
Valley of the Nile
Valley of the Kings
21
Called this because people made their tools from stone during this time
Stone Age
anthropologists
Bantu Migration
dynasty
22
What do Aristarchus and Eratosthenes have in common?
They both studied Earth.
They both studied the stars
They were both mathematicians
They both worked on physics
23
The world's longest river is the
Nile
Amazon
Tigris
Niger
24
The weekly day of worship and rest is called the
synagogue
Rabbi
weekend
Sabbath
25
Which Greek scientist said the Earth is round?
Hypatia
Pythagoras
Eratosthenes
Euclid
26
In
the History of Herodotus,
who did the Greeks kidnap?
Io
Europe
Argive
Aea
27
A plan of government
rule of law
Stone Age
Constitution
dynasty
28
Mesopotamia, the cradle of civilization, lay between the
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Rhine and Rhone Rivers
Nile and Niger Rivers
Nile River and Red Sea
29
Which two scientists made advances in geometry?
Euclid and Pythagoras
Archimedes and Hippocrates
Aristarchus and Hipparchus
Hypatia and Pythagoras
30
The long era of peace that began with Augustus is called the
Roman Empire
Second Triumvirate
Pax Romana
Praetorian Guard
31
The king of _______ sent a herald into Greece to demand his daughter back.
Minos
Tyre
Aea
Crete
32
Early humans spread to which continent first?
Australia
Africa
Europe
Asia
33
The mountain ranges of Italy
isolated towns from each other
cannot be crossed
include the Appalachians
are not as rugged as those in Greece
34
The Egyptians used this for baskets and for papermaking
gypsum
papyrus
jute
flax
35
Idea that laws should apply equally to everyone
rule of law
cuneiform
feudalism
constitution